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1. SfPEDEN. HEEL FOR SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 191B.

1 07,985. Patented June 24, 1919.

WAWJEP I N588 INVENTOR *7 v 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

zrosnrn s. PEDEN, or nnwvonx, n. Y.

HEEL ron serous.

' Specification of Letters Patent. P t t d e 24; 1919 Application filed May 31, 1918. Serial No. 237,508. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr S. PEnnN, a

citizen of the United. States, residing at New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels for Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the heels of shoes and cushions therefor, and has for its object to simplify the construction of shoe heels; to provide a suitable supporting frame, and an efficient rubber cushion therefor, and to provide means whereby the latter may be removed from or inserted in said frame at will; to providemeans whereby the supporting frame may be securely fastened to the sole of a shoe; and to combine with the sup: porting frame of the cushion an ice-creeper structure which, may be put into readiness for use by simply removing the rubber cushion, and which is raised to a non-use position by the insertion of the rubber cushion in said frame.

These and other objects of my invention are set forth in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly in section, showing my invention applied to the heel portion of a shoe, the remainder of the shoe being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of my supporting frame showing the rubber cushions projecting therefrom;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame showing the cushion and plate being withdrawn from the frame;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the frame and cushion, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the metal plate for the rubber cushion;

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view, partly in seciion, showing a modified form of frame; an

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a rubber cushion, illustrating a modified form of construction.

By the use of my invention, I make it possible to entirely do away with the necessity for using leather lifts for the heels of shoes.

In carrying my invention into practice I form a frame A of metal, or any other suitable material, forming it into the usual contour of a shoe heel and of the desired height.

Upon the inner face of the frame I form flanges or partition pieces A A A extending entirely around the inside of said frame, the flange A being adapted to be forced in between the sole F of the shoe, and the upper F thereof, the frame being further secured to said soleby prongs E formed on the partition piece A which engages the outer lowcrfsurface of the sole the said'prongs being turned into saidsole when the frame is in place on the shoe, as shown in Fig. l, and before the rubber cush ion is put on in place. i

The lower edge of the frame A is fformed into projecting teeth A whichwill act as an ice-creeper when the rubber cushion is y rior of the frameA,and to coverthe entire heel tread surface of the shoe, and mold integral therewith a plurality of projecting buttons 13, which are adapted to form the tread of the heel. As shown in Figs. 4; and 6,-I form a circumferential recess B be tween the plate B and the button 15.

The other member of the rubber cushion is a supporting plate D, formed of metal or other, suitable material provided with openings D through which the buttons B pass, and with smaller openings D through which may pass screws or nails to fasten the rubber cushion to the sole of the shoe. The openings D are formed somewhat smaller in diameter than the buttons B, so that in assembling these parts, the buttons are forced through the openings until the sides of the openings seat themselves in the circumferential recesses B which results in the plate and buttons being securely held together without danger of displacement.

The rubber cushion thus formed is slid into the interior of the frame A between the partition A and the flange A which form a slideway adapted to receive and sup port said cushion elements, which are held in place therein by nails or screws passing through the openings D into the sole of the shoe, an opening A being formed in extended and bent around upon itself to form. a frame A with an; inwardly project-- ing flange A for engagement with the sole tons at the front end thereof.

7 What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows 1. A heel for shoes comprising a frame having a top flange-to support said; frame upon the sole of a shoe, a partition piece within said frame having prongs for engage- "ment with said sole to secure said frame in place thereon, a fiangebelow said partition piece forming with the latter a slideway and support, and a rubber cushion supported within said slidew-ay. V

A heel for shoes comprising a frame having a top flange adapted to rigidly engage the sole of a shoe, a partition piece havingvprongs formed therewith for engagement with said sole to secure said frame thereto, a'flange' formed below said partition piece, and a cushion element consisting of a metal plate having rubber buttons pro-- jecting therefrom, secured between said partition piece and the last-named flange.

3. A heel for shoes comprising a frame adapted for attachment to the sole of a shoe, supplemental means of attachment thereto, a slideway formed within said frame, a cushion element consisting of a perforated plate having rubber buttons projecting therethrough supported within said slideway, and means for holding said elements in said slideway.

4. A rubber tread cushion for the heels of shoes comprising a flat approximately disk-like plate of rubber, buttons formed integral therewith having a circumferential recess adjacent to said plate, and a supporting plate having openings therein of a less diameter than that of said buttons, and the walls of which, when the buttons are forced therethrough, are adapted to seat themselves in said recess, and means for attaching said plate and rubber to a shoe.

In testimony whereof I, J osnrrr S. PEDEN, have signed my name to this specification this 28th day of May, 1918.

JOSEPH S. PEDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained'for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

